I’m debating getting Railway Empire, but I heard the tracklaying and switch managing was more complex than needed to be. And there was no middle road (i saw that it does have an easy mode one track multiple ghost trains etc)… not sure I like spending hours on switch design.

If I remember correctly, the GOG version of RT3 comes packaged with a bunch of the fixes already applied and so can be played right out of the box. Whereas with the Steam version you have to put the legwork in to apply the fixes yourself before playing the game.

Man, I cannot figure out the economic aspect of Railroad Tycoon 2 or 3 to save my life.

They give a hand holding “move the mouse to the edge to scroll” for tutorial for the train building part, but then in the economic stocks/bonds parts, it’s like they assume you’re already a real life day trader and just tell you where buttons are located. What the heck does this stuff do? o_O

interesting development. They released a beta patch that creates an add-on to your large train stations that will change loco behavior. They’ll automatically use the station slot that is least busy or currently accessible and also make maintenance quicker and more efficient. This is also an upgrade available to warehouses as well.